Halloween

Yes, I realize that Halloween was 10 days ago. I'm just now getting around to posting these pictures

When Halloween rolls around each year, I keep thinking that Cole will be too old for Trick-or-Treating, but so far we have not reached that milestone. After Cole and his pals came back from trick-or-treating we talked about whether this was their last year. I was informed by one of his pals that next year they will be in high school, so they will be too old to trick-or-treat, but they will be going to Halloween parties instead. Um- ok...

This year he revived an old costume from a musical he was in a couple of years ago. I think his inspiration came from the glasses- Jim's glasses from 3rd grade. Don't ask me why we still have them- we actually even have the lenses :). I guess Jim's pack-rat nature has come in handy because Cole has worn these glasses more than once.

Here is Stella in her Halloween sleeper. It has cute ghosts with long eyelashes. We had actually bought her a super cute dragon costume before she was born, but then when she came early she was too tiny for the costume, so we took it back, and I got her this sleeper. Turns out this was the only time she would wear the sleeper because she was a little too long for it- so she had to scrunch up her legs a little bit.

We didn't hand out candy at our house- we rarely get more than a dozen trick-or-treaters, and Cole was going out with some of his buddies. They were meeting at his friend Sam's house, so we just hung out with Sam's parents and watched a football game. Much better, in my opinion, than listening to our dog freak out every time the doorbell rang. I'm a bit of a Halloween scrooge.

We enjoyed this year because Cole went with his pals, and Stella was too young so we didn't have to brave the neighborhoods. That was nice, but it's probably our last year of freedom for many years since Stella will be old enough to go out next year.

Here is Cole's Halloween take.

Hand out treats have changed since I was a trick-or-treater.

Cole ended up with 

several packages of pretzels

a few full size candy bars

some scarrots (baby carrots in a package decorated for Halloween)

travel size toothpaste

a prayer card from the convent near his friend Sam's house

several strings of party beads (think Mardi Gras beads)

We're still not sure what he had to do to get the beads....